Illustration: After lunch in a bright apartment, an adult has fallen asleep on a floor cushion beside a low table, using a folded cardigan as a pillow. Sunlight streams through the balcony doors, and the balcony laundry hangs fully illuminated outside. Empty lunch bowls remain on a tray nearby.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

昼ひる寝ね

hirune

daytime nap

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはよく日曜日にちようびに昼寝ひるねをしたものだった。

    I would often take naps on Sundays.

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  2. 私わたしの母ははは、毎日午後まいにちごご昼寝ひるねをします。

    My mother takes a nap every afternoon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 読書どくしょに飽あきて彼女かのじょは昼寝ひるねをした。

    Tired of reading, she took a nap.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 昼寝

  • 昼daytime; noonOnチュウKunひる
  • 寝lie down; sleepOnシンKunねる・ねかす・いぬ

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